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When it comes to diseases that include a lot of inflammation, we often see a lot of co-existing illnesses. My struggles started at 18 when my menstrual cycle suddenly took over...

Being chronically ill means that doctor’s appointments are routine and frequent. It also likely means you have several different types of doctors you see. Finding and building a care team...

The all or nothing approach. This seems to be how I live my life. Even before I got sick. I seem to have always had an all or nothing approach...

I’ve always tried to be someone you can count on when the chips are down. It brings me joy to offer help and support to others, whether it’s dropping off...

On days where the emotional baggage that comes with living with a chronic illness pours down on us, sometimes it feels like there is no getting out of it. That...

I’d had the same family doctor for 12 years. She was great to me for a long time, but as I wrote about recently, she gaslit me about my fatigue...

I have always thought I was a confident person. I have insecurities about certain things, as most people do, but I feel lucky to have always believed in my self-worth...

The holidays are just around the corner. I can just feel it. The Christmas music already playing on the radio and the beautiful decorated lights, around the neighborhood, are already...

One thing I’ve learned through coming out of remission and adopting other symptoms the last two years is this: people are obsessed with productivity. Many people hold such high standards...

I think this pandemic has been useful in terms of revising what works and doesn’t work for me in terms of managing AxSpa. Being at home a lot, sitting too...

I’ve been thinking about some of the things I do to relax. Not just relaxing my bones or my body, but relaxing my mind – de-stressing my overactive brain. I...

When I first started taking biologics, first Humira and now Amgevita, multiple people encouraged me by telling me that many people “get back to living a normal life.” It was...

I’ve been figure skating for much longer than I’ve been chronically ill. To me, nothing is more freeing than gliding across the ice, carving grooves with my blades, and feeling...

My second birthday being sick was thankfully a lot better than my first. I made a plan of what I wanted to do. I planned to rest in between so I could...

The Christmas holidays are approaching! For me, this means taking time off work, traveling back home to be with family, eating delicious food, and making more time for rest and...

Switching meds. No big deal right?! This one in particular wasn’t successful but not to worry, there are so many biologics on the market to try. Something as simple as...

There was a time in my life where I had been in a relationship for about four years. After this relationship fell apart I began to dissect it and realized...

I’ve loved journaling since I was a kid. Whether it was a secret diary stored in that special hiding spot or a notepad filled with letters, quotes and scattered doodles...

It has taken me a long time to accept that this disease is here to stay with me and it’s not going anywhere, any time soon. A lot of the...

My whole life I’ve been skinny. With comments as a child like “you’re a twig!” and “you’re so bony”, I got used to that being a part of who I...